Claims
- 1. An apparatus for adjusting a magnification setting of a photocopying machine comprising:
- a magnification/reduction apparatus contained as part of the photocopying machine;
- determination means for determining a magnification/reduction ratio based on the size of an image being copied and a copy paper size;
- a storage means for storing in respective memory locations a plurality of preselected data words indicative of a selected magnification/reduction ratio between the size of an image being copied and the size of a reproduced image;
- a selection means for selecting a respective one of the memory locations;
- a magnification control means for reading the data word stored in the respective selected memory location and for adjusting the magnification/reduction apparatus according to the magnification/reduction ratio stored in the respective memory location;
- input means for modifying the magnification/reduction ratio in a selected one of at least a first plurality of the respective memory locations;
- means for modifying the magnification/reduction ratio from that which exists in a selected memory location, without changing the data word stored in that location; and
- means for inputting a modified data word representing the modified magnification/reduction ratio into the magnification control means.
- 2. An apparatus for adjusting a magnification setting of a photocopying machine comprising:
- a magnification/reduction apparatus contained as part of the photocopying machine;
- determination means for determining a magnification/reduction ratio based on the size of an image being copied and a copy paper size;
- a storage means for storing in respective memory locations a plurality of preselected data words indicative of a selected magnification/reduction ratio between the size of an image being copied and the size of a reproduced image;
- a selection means for selecting a respective one of the memory locations;
- a magnification control means for reading the data word stored in the respective selected memory location and for adjusting the magnification/reduction apparatus according to the magnification/reduction ratio stored in the respective memory location;
- input means for modifying the magnification/reduction ratio in a selected one of at least a first plurality of the respective memory locations; and
- means for modifying the magnification/reduction ratio from that which exists in a selected memory location, without changing the data word stored in that location.
- 3. An apparatus for adjusting a magnification setting of a photocopying machine comprising:
- a magnification/reduction apparatus contained as part of the photocopying machine;
- determination means for determining a magnification/reduction ratio based on the size of an image being copied and a copy paper size;
- a storage means for storing in respective memory locations a plurality of preselected data words indicative of a selected magnification/reduction ratio between the size of an image being copied and the size of a reproduced image;
- a selection means for selecting a respective one of the memory locations;
- a magnification control means for reading the data word stored in the respective selected memory location and for operating the magnification/reduction apparatus according to the magnification/reduction ratio stored in the respective memory location;
- input means for modifying the magnification/reduction ratio in a selected one of at least a first plurality of the respective memory locations;
- means for modifying the magnification/reduction ratio from that which exists in a selected memory location, without changing the data word stored in that location; and
- means for inputting a modified data word representing the modified magnification/reduction ratio into the magnification control means.
- 4. An apparatus for adjusting a magnification setting of a photocopying machine comprising:
- a magnification/reduction apparatus contained as part of the photocopying machine;
- determination means for determining a magnification/reduction ratio based on the size of an image being copied and a copy paper size;
- a storage means for storing in respective memory locations a plurality of preselected data words indicative of a selected magnification/reduction ratio between the size of an image being copied and the size of a reproduced image;
- a selection means for selecting a respective one of the memory locations;
- a magnification control means for reading the data word stored in the respective selected memory location and for operating the magnification/reduction apparatus according to the magnification/reduction ratio stored in the respective memory location;
- input means for modifying the magnification/reduction ratio in a selected one of at least a first plurality of the respective memory locations; and
- means for modifying the magnification/reduction ratio from that which exists in a selected memory location, without changing the data word stored in that location.
- 5. An apparatus for adjusting a magnification setting of a copying machine comprising:
- a magnification/reduction apparatus contained as part of the copying machine;
- determination means for determining a magnification/reduction ratio based on the size of an image being copied and a copy paper size;
- a storage means for storing in respective memory locations a plurality of preselected data words indicative of a selected magnification/reduction ratio between the size of an image being copied and the size of a reproduced image;
- a selection means for selecting a respective one of the memory locations;
- a magnification control means for reading the data word stored in the respective selected memory location and for operating the magnification/reduction apparatus according to the magnification/reduction ratio stored in the respective memory location;
- input means for modifying the magnification/reduction ratio in a selected one of at least a first plurality of the respective memory locations; and
- means for modifying the magnification/reduction ratio from that which exists in a selected memory location, without changing the data word stored in that location.
Priority Claims (4)
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57-172935 |
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57-182648 |
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57-187248 |
Oct 1982 |
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57-187249 |
Oct 1982 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 06/911,069, filed Sep. 24, 1986, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 06/536,982, filed Sep. 29, 1983, now abandoned.
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